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F E B R U A R Y 2 0 0 8 Jeffrey Siegel

Will Perform

Distinguished concert pianist and composer Jeffrey Siegel will receive the Award of Distinction at a Music Evening on Monday, February 25. Mr. Siegel will entertain the audience with a performance that is part of his unique program American Salute, which includes the music of Gershwin, Bernstein, Barber and Copland. (cocktails, 6:30 p.m.; $75)

Always a Club highlight, the annual Founders’ Day Dinner (for members only) will be celebrated this year on Friday, March 14. One of the oldest arts and literary clubs in the U.S., Lotos was founded in 1870 by a group of artists, writers, merchants, actors, musicians and public officials. The black-tie festivities begin with a cocktail reception at 6:30 p.m.,

followed by dinner in the Ballroom. At this traditional gathering, members share an evening of camaraderie and enjoy a gourmet meal.

The cost of the evening is $80 for drinks, champagne, wine, dinner and souvenirs. Members of the Club for twenty-five years or more are guests of the Club.

Founders’ Day Dinner Celebrates Lotos Club’s 138th Anniversary

A Neuroscientist Explains the Mystery of Behavior

The Science and Technology Committee will honor Dr. Cornelia Bargmann at its annual dinner program to be held on Wednesday, February 20 (cocktails, 6 p.m.; $75).

Dr. Bargmann, a distinguished neuroscientist at The Rockefeller University, is acclaimed for discoveries that are helping to explain how biology influences behavior. She has been described as a sensational speaker who can discuss the intricacies of behavioral neuroscience in clear and accessible terms. To introduce her presentation for the Club, she explains:

“The human mind contains infinities: it created language, algebra, Bach’s B Minor Mass, and the cell phone. Yet the human brain is a biological organ built through the actions of genes. Scientists like me want to know how genes and biological processes generate the brain’s immense potential, and how biology sets

limits on that potential.

“If you want to study human behavior, distinguishing the roles of genes, culture, and experience is almost impossible. However, the Human Genome Project showed us that we share almost all of our genes with other animals, including the genes responsible for brain

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Cornelia Bargmann

Literary Talk by Baseball Expert

On Thursday, March 6, Dr. Lee Lowenfish will give a Literary Lecture titled “The Midwest Christian Republican Roots of Branch Rickey’s Racial Progressivism.” His recent biography Branch Rickey: Baseball’s Ferocious Gentleman is now in its second printing.

Dr. Lowenfish has taught American history and American studies at

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A Note to Members

by Paul F. Jock II, Secretary

Many benefits are associated with being a Lotos member, but perhaps most important and long lasting are the friendships that we develop with each other. Community among members is a central part of the Lotos tradition, and our consciously small size is conducive to its continued development.

Lotos members have an active involvement or interest in the arts, literature, public affairs, science and education, among other fields, and all are persons of intellectual and cultural sophistication. How often is it that you have met a member at a Club event, discussed common

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Contributing Editors

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Carol Sager (Non-Resident B), education consultant, Chestnut Hill, MA. Memberships: American Society for Quality, Harvard Institute for Learning in Retirement, Endicott College (trustee), Governor’s Alliance Against Drugs (chair). Proposer: Lola Dickerman Seconder: William A. Johnson

Welcome to the Club

Club Holiday

The Lotos Club will be closed on Monday, February 18, in

observance of President’s Day. Bedrooms are open

every day of the year.

interests and wished that you had an opportunity to become better acquainted?

To facilitate this, and help insure that newer members become more familiar with all that the Club has to offer, the Membership Committee is coordinating a program of small, informal Grill Room lunches or dinners. Please take the opportunity to participate when contacted, as we believe you will find the experience quite rewarding.

We are fortunate to be members of this “Ace of Clubs” and to have the ability to partake in all that it has to offer. Lotosians in the Spotlight

The first of two new books by Warren Adler will be published this month. New York Echoes, Mr. Adler’s fifth collection of short stories, contains twenty-two recent short stories written after a return to New York following a forty-year stint living in Washington, Hollywood and Jackson Hole. An audible version read by Cynthia Nixon also will be available. Mr. Adler’s novel Funny Boys, his 30th book, a tale about the Catskill Mountain resort culture (circa 1937) will be published in March. The book recounts the adventures of a young comedian, known as a “tumler” as he interacts with gangsters from Murder Inc. and their families in what was then known as the “Borscht Belt.” The book is also available on audio.

Evelyn Bernstein has published a book of stunning photographs, The Spirit of Nature.

Hal Holbrook has been nominated for best supporting actor for his role

in Into the Wild. In the film, Mr. Holbrook portrays Ron Franz, a lonely retired soldier who forms a grandfatherly bond with a young drifter.

David Levering Lewis recently published God’s Crucible: Islam and the Making of Europe, which was reviewed in The New York Times on January 6, 2008.

Carl H. Pforzheimer III, who served as school board president and deputy mayor during four decades of volunteer activities in Scarsdale, NY, is the 71st recipient of the Scarsdale Bowl. The award is presented annually by the Scarsdale Foundation to “one who has given unselfishly time, energy and effort to the civic welfare of the community.”

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With the passing of Sir Edmund P. Hillary on January 10, an era has ended at Lotos. Sir Edmund entered the record books in 1953 when he and Tenzing Norgay reached the summit of Mt. Everest, earth’s highest peak. Hillary was honored with a Lotos State Dinner in 1985, the last in a long line of earth-bound explorers recognized by the Club.

Sir Edmund Hillary

Interest in exploration started early at Lotos. On November 22, 1872, the Club welcomed Henry M. Stanley for the first American celebration of his discovery of Dr. David Livingstone in Africa. Stanley, a journalist, had been sent to find the missing Scottish missionary by the New York Herald. Although Livingstone declined to return home, Stanley brought back letters and notebooks and was received as a hero. His book about the experience, How I Found Livingstone, made Stanley famous. The explorer came back for a second State Dinner in 1886, just as he was preparing for his last African expedition.

Jungles, Ice Caps and Mountaintops

From the Archives

by Nancy Johnson, Archivist

Herbert Ward, an English artist and writer, accompanied Stanley on this final trip. In 1890, he gave a talk at Lotos entitled “The Cannibal Tribes of the Congo,” accompanied by his photographs and drawings. The New York Daily Tribune reported that Ward “brightened his talk with little incidents of his life among the eaters of human flesh, and was rewarded by the closest attention and generous applause of the good-sized audience.”

While Stanley and his cohorts were mapping Africa, other explorers went north. In 1881, Adolphus Washington Greely led a group of twenty-five to Greenland as part of an international effort to establish scientific research stations. But ships sent with supplies in the summers of 1882 and 1883 did not make it through, leaving Greely and his men with few provisions.

Commander Winfield S. Schley led a rescue effort, and found Greely and five surviving members of his crew in the spring of 1884. Although his leadership was questioned, Greely defended himself in Three Years of Arctic Service, published in 1886, the same year he was honored with a State Dinner. Commander Schley was a speaker: “Like Greely, I came back from the Arctic regions very charitable, realizing that those who are capable of judging Arctic explorers are those who have had similar experiences.” Schley returned to Lotos for his own State Dinner in 1898, honoring his role in the American victory in Cuba during the Spanish-American War.

In January 1893, Greely and Schley both spoke at a State Dinner for Robert E. Peary, who showed stereopticon slides of the Arctic during his speech. In 1909, on his eighth and final trip north, Peary became the first explorer to reach the North Pole. He was

preparing for this expedition when he came back to Lotos in 1907 for a second State Dinner. That evening, his sleigh was suspended over the clubhouse mantel, along with a tattered silk flag that was missing three sections, each one buried in a remote northern locale, marking a new record. Bonbons in boxes shaped like snow-covered igloos were given out as souvenirs.

Norwegian explorer and statesman Fridtjof Nansen was a Lotos State Dinner honoree in 1929. Nansen crossed Greenland on skis in 1888; in 1895 he reached a record-setting latitude during a long expedition by ship and sled. After World War I, Nansen served with the League of Nations, and received the 1922 Nobel Peace Prize for his work aiding refugees.

Like Nansen, Edmund Hillary’s explorations led to new humanitarian challenges. Starting in 1962, Hillary worked in Nepal to help the Sherpa people who had made his historic climb possible. His Himalayan Trust built bridges, pipelines, schools, hospitals and medical clinics.

At Lotos in 1985, Sir Edmund spoke about a trip a few months earlier to the North Pole with astronaut Neil Armstrong. When their party landed a half mile from the Pole, the air temperature was fifty degrees below zero. As they approached the Pole, a bottle was opened and glasses passed. Before they could drink more than a few sips, the champagne froze solid.

At the end of Hillary’s State Dinner, the Lotos loving cup -- its champagne merely chilled -- was passed to Sir Edmund. In 1998, it would be offered to astronaut Scott Carpenter, and in 2007 to John Glenn, signaling passage into the new age of space exploration.

about Clinton, A Woman in Charge, and, in the lively Q&A period that followed, responded to some thoughtful comments from the audience.

Although the lecture went over the usual time, it probably could have gone on for another hour considering the enthusiasm and interest of the audience. John Sussek presented Mr. Bernstein with The Lotos Club Award of Distinction, after which many of us repaired to the Grill for additional stimulating conversation.


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On Thursday evening, January 17th, the Tennyson Room at Lotos was the scene of an exciting presentation by the noted journalist Carl Bernstein.

To a packed house, indeed the largest attendance at a Literary Lecture, Mr. Bernstein covered a wide range of timely political subjects. He began with a discussion and critique of the question of truth in newspaper and TV reporting and noted that in the United States there are only three wide-ranging, reliable, and inclusive newspapers, notably The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and The Washington Post. As an example of the meaningless reporting of tabloid newspapers, he said that, on the day Nelson Mandela was released from prison, headlines featured Donald Trump’s sexual adventures as front page news.

Mr. Bernstein continued with a sensitive and balanced discussion of Hillary Clinton, particularly emphasizing her conflicted family situation. He read some fascinating material from his best-selling book

Carl Bernstein Packs the House by Joseph Reppen, Chair of the Literary Committee

Art Museum Head

Mimi Gardner Gates, hailed as one of the great directors in the museum world, was unanimously nominated by the Art Committee to receive the Lotos Award of Distinction, which will be bestowed upon her on Thursday, March 27 at an Art Evening (cocktails, 6:30 p.m.; $75).

Formerly the director of the Yale Art Gallery for seventeen years, Ms. Gates has been director of the Seattle Art Museum since 1994. During her tenure there, she has supervised the addition of 300,000 square feet of space to the Museum and major improvements to the Asian Art Museum at Volunteer Par.

Ms. Gates also played a significant role in the newly opened Olympic Sculpture Park on 8.5 acres on Seattle’s waterfront where she was responsible for reclaiming toxic land, rehabilitating it for public use.

to Receive Award

Exhibit is Set Each year for the past few years, the Art Committee at the Lotos Club has invited certain members on a rotating basis to submit one or two works from their own private art collections for a special exhibition in the clubhouse. Members are extremely enthusiastic about this show, and it has come to hold a place of honor in the Club’s annual activities.

The upcoming exhibit, titled, What Lotos Members Collect: Works on Paper, 1940 to the Present, will open with a cocktail reception (for Lotos members and their guests) from 6 to 8 p.m. on March 3, 2008, and will run through Founders’ Day, March 14.

A Review

On Thursday, February 28, the Library Committee is sponsoring a tour to the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, a national research library and a division of The New York Public Library. There are some spaces available for the tour, which will follow the Poetry Talk Table, around 1:30 p.m. Transportation will be provided.

Attendees will tour the premises as well as view some first edition books. For more information, please call the Club office, (212) 737-7100, ext. 439.

Steinway Tour The Music Committee has arranged a very special trip to the Steinway piano factory, a rare opportunity for members to learn about the rich history of Steinway and Sons. The tour will take attendees on a walk through the Steinway factory in Queens where they will be able to view its gallery walls in the history section; to observe the unique method used by Steinway for over a century to bend piano rims into shape as a single continuous piece; and to see the techniques used in creating the soundboard, observing the placement of the piano strings, and the many intricate details associated with the production of the most famous piano in the world.

A chartered bus will leave the Lotos Club at about 8:45 a.m. on Tuesday, March 18. Joining the tour will be the vice president of Steinway and Sons and the director of the New York showroom on 57th Street. The group will return to the Club for lunch. Early registration is recommended as enrollment is limited. The cost of $42 includes the tour, transportation and lunch.

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Celebrate Easter at Champagne Brunch

Sunday, March 23, 2008 Seatings: 11 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.

Piano music by Art Ilardi

Members and their guests are invited to welcome

the new season at the Club’s sumptuous Easter Brunch. This lovely springtime buffet in the Library and the Ballroom

will feature delicious, traditional dishes with the chef’s creative touch.

$60 ($20 for children under 12), including cocktails and dessert.

Reservations are required: (212) 737-7100.

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in February Friday, 8th French Talk Table, 12 noon Laetitia Dorgans, currently and for the past thirty-seven years a member of the faculty of Alliance Française, will lead the discussion. This session is designed for beginner/intermediate speakers.

Tuesday, 19th History Talk Table, 11:30 a.m. Lotos member David N. Schwartz will discuss The Wise Men by Walter Isaacson and Evan Thomas.

Friday, 22nd Opera Talk Table, 12 noon Lotos member Robert W. Gutman will lead the discussion. Mr. Gutman is the author of two musical biographies that have become standard works. At this session, the discussion will focus on the current season at the Met.

Thursday, 28th Poetry Talk Table, 11:30 a.m. Lotos member Belinda Pokorny will discuss the poetry of Maya Angelou, Gwendolyn Brooks, Rita Dove, Robert Hayden, Langston Hughes, Etheridge Knight, et al.

Table Talk

Valentine Celebration at the Lotos Club Thursday, February 14, 2008

For an elegant celebration on this amorous occasion, dine at Lotos. Enjoy romantic piano music with your delicious three-course dinner.

Appetizers

Lobster Bisque Laced with Sherry Passion Fruit-Glazed Foie Gras

Artichoke Heart Ravioli Grilled Prawns with Mustard-Tarragon Rémoulade

Endive, Arugula, Saga and Walnut Salad, Balsamic Vinaigrette

Entrees Duet of Filet Mignon and Lobster Tail

Roasted Stuffed Baby Poisson, Sun-Dried Cherry Compote Pan-Seared Citrus-Crusted Sea Scallops

Roasted Domestic Rack of Lamb Persille for Two Sautéed Fillet of Florida Red Snapper

Dessert

Sweetheart Chocolate Cake, Raspberry Mousse, Chocolate Sauce Queen of Hearts Opera Cake, Mixed Berries, Citrus Sabayon

Prix fixe: $80 per person, including a glass of 2005 Priya Sauvignon Blanc

and a glass of 2005 Carneros Della Norte Regular à la carte also available. Reservations are required: (212) 737-7100.

Enjoy Hot Cider

Members and guests are offered an especially warm welcome to the Club during the cold month of February, with complimentary apple cider in the afternoon.

The steaming cider is poured from the silver samovar from Monday through Friday, from 11:30 a.m. until 5:30 p.m. by the crackling fire in the Members’ Lounge.


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Wines of the Empire State Monday, March 31, 2008

The next wine seminar will focus on two underappreciated wine-producing regions: Long Island and the Finger Lakes ($80 including a three-course dinner).

With more than 200 wineries, New York is the third-largest wine producing state in the U.S., but its wines remain relatively unknown to most New Yorkers. In the way that many of us haven’t made it to the Empire State Building or the Statue of Liberty, wine drinkers and oenophiles alike, who may well have taken a trip to Napa or Burgundy, seldom visit the wineries that are within a few hours drive of the City.

While the New York City beverage market is certainly one of the most demanding and challenging in the world, it is equally true that it is one of the few places where people in wine-related businesses do not talk up the local wine industry. In many of our city’s finest restaurants, these wines have traditionally gone unappreciated and were rarely even acknowledged with something other than disdain. This trend, however,

may finally be changing. More people are drinking and requesting New York State wines as a result of their knowledge of the continually improving quality as well as the locavore phenomenon as part of a general awareness of the carbon-footprint of consumer goods.

Long Island is the youngest but arguably the most interesting region, founded on the idea of growing conventional European vinifera grapes for quality wine production. While also recognized for its white wines, the moderating influence of the surrounding bodies of water results in a growing season that is at least three weeks longer and consistently permits red varieties to fully ripen.

While some Long Island producers like to talk about the similarity of their maritime climate to that of Bordeaux, the best wines in both regions are being made by those making terroir-driven wines that eschew trendiness and honestly represent where they come from.

Gary D’Urso and Jeanette Maier will lead the wine tasting. Both hold the WSET Advanced Certificate in Wine and Spirits from the International Wine Center in New York and are currently working on the WSET Diploma in Wine and Spirits. Mr. D’Urso’s introduction to wines came in 2006 while he was working at the Lenz Winery on the North Fork for winemaker Eric Fry. He is currently the New York City rep for Lenz and Paumanok Vineyards, both in the top handful of New York State producers. Ms. Maier is the owner and chef of Fancy Girl Catering & Events, a company known for both its expertise in food and wine pairings and its use of organic and sustainable products.

The Lotos Club Public Affairs Committee kicked off the 2008 season on January 10 with a timely and well-attended program featuring William J. McDonough, former president of the New York Federal Reserve Bank. Mr. McDonough is currently vice chairman and special advisor to the chairman of Merrill Lynch. His lecture topic was “The Challenge to World Economic Growth from an American Slowdown.”

Mr. McDonough’s talk was a thorough primer on the workings of today’s interdependent world financial markets. He shared his thoughts on such topics as the U.S.’s current account deficit; the free trade versus protectionism debate; the impact of rising energy prices on the world economy; the new risks posed by trading in complex financial derivatives; and the underpinnings of the current liquidity crunch in the debt markets.

He also recalled how the Fed had managed various economic challenges during his tenure, including those arising from the bursting of the tech bubble and the economic fallout of the 9/11 attacks.

World Economy Wine Seminar A Review

Was a Timely Topic

by Linda M. Fasulo, Chair of the Public Affairs Committee

In Memoriam

Norman Hascoe

Edmund P. Hillary

Michael I. Saltzman

Art on View

Members are encouraged to take a look at a work by Thomas

Ostenberg, an accomplished American sculptor. The bronze sculpture, Matter Don’t Matter, has been placed in the wall niche nearest the cloakroom, on the left

side of the entrance to the Members’ Lounge.

The sculpture is on loan by Fay Gold, a member of the Art

Committee. Catalogs about the artist are available at the

Front Desk.

Mamoulian (who directed Porgy and Bess), Lee Strasberg, Frank Capra, Charlie Chaplin, Fritz Lang, Billy Wilder; and the musicians (they came in great numbers) Louis Moreau Gottschalk, Max Reinhardt, Erich Korngold, Kurt Weill, Arturo Toscanini, Leopold Stokowski, Rudolf Serkin, George Szell, Igor Stravinsky, Béla Bartók, Pablo Casals, the Busch brothers, Vladimir Horowitz, Serge Koussevitzky, Jascha Heifetz, et al. Now, you have the theme of the book: an artistic community transported to the American shores. And you will, of course, remember when first you heard one of these performers on the stage of Carnegie Hall or were thrilled by the new novel and new kind of literature by one of these exiled writers. And we can, as New Yorkers and Americans, be proud of the immigration policies in effect at that time, to allow so many people a safe haven away from a world of tyranny, intolerance and cultural censorship. Joseph Horowitz, Artists in Exile, NY, Harper Collins, 2008.

The book you ought to read during the grey and dismal days of winter is Joseph Horowitz’s Artists in Exile (2008). It is a real page-turner, and you will learn a great deal about the culture of our city. You will recognize almost all of the names mentioned in the book.

The book has an off-putting subtitle: How Refugees from Twentieth Century War and Revolution Transformed the American Performing Arts. Nevertheless, it tells you what the book is all about, how hundreds of the cultured elite of Europe came to the United States to express politically their artistic creativity. They no longer could remain in Europe because Hitler and Stalin did not want them in their countries any longer; they were thought not to be true Aryans, or they were Jewish artists and musicians; they were considered “fringe” people, potential dissidents, members of the bourgeoisie (in Russia) and unacceptable to the new worlds of Germany and Russia.

So you have the greatest historical irony of all time: two loathsome brutal monsters destroying two civilizations and giving rise to the greatest cultural renaissance the world has ever known, the advent of the greatest exiled artists expressing their art in the United States. (As I write that sentence I am aware of the huge generalization I am propounding; but I am certain in this historic case the generalization is correct.) Nazi Germany and Bolshevik Russia created 20th century culture in the United States! That is what the book is all about.

Most of the emigrants came to New York City (where else would the


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Literary Suggestions for Lotosians by William A. Johnson

exiles settle?). So it is also a New York book, about our unique cultural world, which is, of course, the axis mundi of the entire cultural world. Joseph Horowitz, who was once a music critic of The New York Times, writes well, is lucid and compelling. The book is both encyclopedic and anecdotal. Not only is it intellectually edifying but it is also fun to read. The list of names that Horowitz gives us is truly extraordinary. Think of them! In architecture and design, Josef Albers, Marcel Breuer, Walter Gropius, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe; the painters Max Beckman and Hans Hoffman; the sculptor Jacques Lipschitz; the cartoonist Saul Steinberg; the photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt, as well as Piet Mondrian and Max Ernst; the writers (many of whom settled for a time in California) Bertolt Brecht, Hormann Broch, Erich Maria Remarque, Franz Werfel, Thomas and Heinrich Mann, Vladimir Nabokov; the ballet choreographer George Balanchine; the Hollywood people, Marlene Dietrich, Rouben

CANDIDATE FOR MEMBERSHIP

The following candidate awaits consideration. Confidential comments concerning this candidate are solicited and should be addressed to the chair of the Committee on Admissions.

CANDIDATE CLASSIFICATION PROPOSER/ SECONDER Judith Kelman Resident Mary Higgins Clark Novelist Nic Kelman New York City


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LOTOS EVENTS AT A GLANCE For reservations, please call (212) 737-7100

FEBRUARY Saturday, 2nd Great Thinkers Seminar (1 of 5) with William A.

Johnson, Personal Memoir by Ulysses S. Grant Wednesday, 6th Lotos Conversation, Robert Hormats (Goldman

Sachs) Friday, 8th French Talk Table with Laetitia Dorgans

(beginner/intermediate) Saturday, 9th Cabaret in the Grill, Karen Akers Monday, 11th Evening Book Discussion (1 of 4), with Jacqueline S.

Aronson, Stoner by John Williams Tuesday, 12th Library Reading, Rita D. Jacobs, The Little Foxes by

Lillian Hellman Thursday, 14th Valentine’s Day Dinner in the Grill Saturday, 16th Club closed, bedrooms open Monday, 18th President’s Day. Club closed, bedrooms open Tuesday, 19th History Talk Table with David N. Schwartz Wednesday, 20th Science and Technology Evening, Cornelia

Bargmann Friday, 22nd Opera Talk Table with Lotos member Robert W.

Gutman Monday, 25th Music Evening, Jeffrey Siegel Tuesday, 26th Afternoon Book Discussion (2 of 4) with Jacqueline

S. Aronson Thursday, 28th Poetry Talk Table with Belinda Pokorny, followed by

a tour to the Schomburg Library

MARCH Monday, 3rd Opening Reception for art exhibit, “Works on Paper

1940 to Present: What Members Collect” Tuesday, 4th Evening Book Discussion (2 of 4) with Jacqueline S.

Aronson Wednesday, 5th Lotos Conversation, Pat Mitchell (Museum of TV and

Radio) Thursday, 6th Literary Lecture, Lee Lowenfish Friday, 7th French Talk Table with Laetitia Dorgans (advanced) Saturday, 8th Great Thinkers Seminar (2 of 5) with William A.

Johnson, Washington Square by Henry James Tuesday, 11th History Talk Table with David N. Schwartz Friday, 14th FOUNDERS’ DAY DINNER (members only) Tuesday, 18th Music Tour to Steinway factory Thursday, 20th Poetry Talk Table with Belinda Pokorny Friday, 21st Good Friday. Club closed, bedrooms open Saturday, 22nd Club closed, bedrooms open Sunday. 23rd Easter Brunch Tuesday, 25th Afternoon Book discussion (3 of 5) with Jacqueline S.

Aronson Thursday, 27th Art Evening, Mimi Gardner Gates Friday, 28th Opera Talk Table with Robert W. Gutman Monday, 31st Wine Seminar with Gary D’Urso and Jeanette Maier

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development and function. This insight suggests that we can study simple animals as a first step toward understanding the neurobiology of behavior in humans.

“The brain systems responsible for emotions, like fear or disgust, or for social recognition and social behavior, appear to be evolutionarily ancient. My talk will take an evolutionary approach toward describing these important brain systems and using these descriptions to ask how biology, environment, and experience interact to generate behavior.”

Dr. Bargmann is the Torsten N. Wiesel Professor and head of the Laboratory of Neural Circuits at The Rockefeller University, where she also serves as associate director of the Shelby White and Leon Levy Center for Mind, Brain, and Behavior. Dr. Bargmann was elected to the prestigious National Academy of Sciences in 2004.

many colleges. Throughout the 1980s, Dr. Lowenfish hosted and produced sports and music programs, especially on jazz, on WBAI-Pacifica in New York City. During the 2000 baseball season that ended in an all-New York Subway Series, his sports commentaries were heard on WNYC, New York’s local public radio station. During the fall of 2004, he taught an undergraduate seminar at Yale University on jazz and baseball as American cultural phenomena. His other books include The Imperfect Diamond: A History of Baseball’s Labor Wars and, with Tom Seaver, The Art of Pitching.

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Beef Wellington & Bordeaux

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Lobster Night (Reserve your lobsters)

House Committee, 6 p.m.

Science and Technology Evening, Cornelia Bargmann

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Committee on Admissions

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Foundation Board, 6 p.m.

Library Reading, Rita D. Jacobs

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Dover Sole Night

Book Discussion

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Club Night in the Grill History Talk

Table, David N. Schwartz 11:30 a.m.

Finance Committee 6 p.m.

Dover Sole Night

President’s Day Club closed

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Monday-Friday Prix Fixe Dinner $39.00 and

Regular à la carte menu


Saturday Night Dining in the Grill

Membership Committee

6 p.m.

Dover Sole Night

Lotos Conversation, Robert D. Hormats

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French Talk Table, Laetitia Dorgans

(beginners) 12 p.m.

Cabaret in the Grill, Karen Akers

6 p.m.

Opera Talk Table, Robert W. Gutman

12 p.m.

Club Night in the Grill

Music Evening, Jeffrey Siegel

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Book Discussion (1 of 4)

12:30-2:30 p.m.

Meeting of the Directory

6 p.m.

Dover Sole Night

Nominating Committee 6:30 p.m.


Poetry Talk Table, Belinda Pokorny

11:30 a.m. (followed by Tour of Schomburg Library)


Great Thinkers Seminar (1 of 5)

9 a.m.-2:30 p.m.


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DINING HOURS: Monday through Friday Luncheon 12 to 2:30 p.m. Monday through Friday

Dinner 6 to 9 p.m. Saturday Dinner 6:30-9 p.m.

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Poetry Talk Table, Belinda Pokorny

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Committee on Admissions, 6 p.m.



Art Evening, Mimi Gardner Gates

6:30 p.m.


Tour, Steinway Piano

Factory, 8:30 a.m.

Finance Committee 6 p.m.

Dover Sole Night

House Committee

6 p.m.

St. Patrick’s Day Dinner

in the Grill


Book Discussion (3 of 4), 12:30-2:30 p.m.

Meeting of the Directory

6 p.m.

Dover Sole Night

Monday-Friday Prix Fixe Dinner $39.00 and

Regular à la carte menu


Reciprocal Clubs Committee

6 p.m.



History Talk Table David N. Schwartz

11:30 a.m.

Dover Sole Night Beef Wellington & Bordeaux

FOUNDERS’ DAY DINNER (members only)

6:30 p.m.

Club closed after lunch


Opera Talk Table, Robert W. Gutman

12 p.m.


Great Thinkers Seminar

(2 of 5) 9 a.m.-2:30 p.m.

Wine Seminar, Gary D’Urso and

Jeanette Maier 6 p.m.


Opening Reception, Art Exhibition, Works on Paper

6-8 p.m.


Book Discussion (2 of 4)

7:30-9:30 p.m.

Dover Sole Night

Lotos Conversation, Pat Mitchell

6:30 p.m.


Literary Lecture, Lee Lowenfish

6:30 p.m.


French Talk Table, Laetitia Dorgans

(advanced) 12 p.m.


Easter Brunch 11 a.m.; 1:30 p.m.

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